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CVE-2014-9636

Published: Feb 6, 2015Updated: May 6, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVDCWE-119
NVD MITRE
5.0CVSSMEDIUM
EPSS Score
11.6%
Top 4.5%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available

Description

unzip 6.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read or write and crash) via an extra field with an uncompressed size smaller than the compressed field size in a zip archive that advertises STORED method compression.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:LAu:NC:NI:NA:P
Exploitability
AV:NAccess Vector
Network
AC:LAccess Complexity
Low
Au:NAuthentication
None
Impact
C:NConfidentiality
None
I:NIntegrity
None
A:PAvailability
Partial
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Weaknesses

CWE-119

Affected Products

unzipunzip project
Library
Consumer Software / file-utility
ubuntu linuxcanonical
On-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
debian linuxdebian
On-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
fedorafedoraproject
On-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
n/an/a
unzip projectoss-projectConsumer Softwareaka unzip, zipinfo, pzip
canonicalcommercialGBOperating Systemsaka canonical ltd.
debianoss-projectGBOperating Systemsaka debian gnu/linux
fedoraprojectoss-projectUSOperating Systemsaka fedora project

Attack Graph

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Exploitability

Official Patch Available

MITRE ATT&CK

2 techniques
Initial Access
Privilege Escalation
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References

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-January/148792.html
lists.fedoraproject.org
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-January/148849.html
lists.fedoraproject.org
http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q4/1131
seclists.org
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Timeline

Published
Feb 6, 2015
Last Updated
May 6, 2026

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